Work (the paid sort) has just got madly busy. @tv101 You are lucky in that respect, I’ve very little paid income atm. I’m a gardener and my season has been devastated by Covid. I’ve had a few jobs in...

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Nice start Mr Boo! I’m really struggling for workshop time at the moment. Work (the paid sort) has just got madly busy.

I got a note from the Bailey crew the other day, and for those who're interested we've settled on some Kluson machine heads. #nearlythere Attachment : 20210419_125805.jpg Attachment : 20210...

unfortunately top loading tele bridges are relatively rare (I haven't found one that also has individual saddles) so through stringing may be impossible to avoid. @jonhodgson This one is both, you ca...

f you were able to use a step drill you could drill the 8mm and 10mm at the same time and guarantee concentricity. @Robin I also thought of using stepdrills, and I have some of those laying around. T...

If you're using those dowel cutters, why not do the wider hole first? The "brad point" will leave an indentation at the bottom of the hole in the centre, is that not enough to centre the narrower cutt...

just a thought about this the ferrules I had, had a lip round them so you’d need to cut a wider recess too with a larger bit if you wanted them flush. Thats indeed the issue, the shaft of the ferules...

@Tej, The router is actually a good idea! You just need to be very careful and have a right sized bit I guess.It is ideal, because you can really accurately place it and almost no chance of tear-out. ...

You're welcome @Boo. I was going to recut the wonky one, but then realised that I didn't have any more of that ply knocking around. And you'd want to do your own thing with the control cavity and la...

I've done a couple of carved top LPs/LP-alikes, and the carving/sanding took longer than the rest of the guitar @tv101 Angle grinder! (seriously)

Not that a single thing will go wrong of course, I think the chances of a single thing going wrong are minimal @Tej 😉 I still find multiple "learning opportunities" on most builds ...

Only clean solution I found was pointed out to me on a different thread @Tej Yeah I know of that solution. It's not what I wanted for this project though. I have not yet decided which way I want to g...

Everything that can go wrong goes wrong multiple times it seems! Sometimes it feels like that, but, in reality, you've got more of it right than wrong, and the bits that aren't quite right are fixabl...

This was my one chance to fix this and I’m still not happy with the result but it was all from my own lack of preparation and rushing, The number of times I've had that experience @Tej ... Any job ...

Making mistake after mistake it seems. It is like I am not able to keep an eye on everything, making sure everything is how it is supposed to be, I focus on one thing, failing to look for other things...

Man this build... Everything that can go wrong goes wrong multiple times it seems!So while the neck has its issues with badly seated frets and perhaps not perfectly shaped.it is the body I am struggli...

Professional builders aren’t offended by customers having specific requirements like no black plastic. @rocknroller912 (& @mattbeels). There's a story to this guitar. When I did my first BYOG wor...

two hot slags turned up today Woah @tej, have fun!!!

Nice save @steveadams! I guess you’ll be following Mark’s advice to the letter from now on, eh? 😆 All’s well that ends well...